TABLE OF CONTENTS Numbers in brackets indicate page numbers in printed volume.

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Cover Page

Frank Ellison [1]

Keenneth B. Porter [2]

I. SPECIAL REPORTS [4]

• Minutes - Wheat Crop Germplasm Committee Meeting [4]
• Minutes - National Wheat Improvement Committee Meeting [6]
• Members - National Wheat Improvement Committee [10]
• Wheat Workers Code of Ethics [12]

II. ANNOUNCEMENTS [15]

• New Publication - Wheat Near-isogenic Lines [13]
• IGROW update [14]

III. CONTRIBUTIONS [16]

PRIVATE COMPANIES [16]

DAKOTA GROWERS PASTA COMPANY [16]

• Carrington, North Dakota - J.S. Quick.

STOLLER ARGENTINA S.A. [16]

• Córdoba, Argentina - W. Londero, L.E. Torres, R.H. Maich.
  

ARGENTINA

• Córdoba National University - S.P. Gil, L.I. Mas, A. Semino, R.H. Maich, M.M. Cerana, G. Manera, M.E. Dubois, Z. Gaido. [17]
• Instituto de Biotechnologia, INTA, Castelar - F. del Viso, A.F. Puebla, R.A. Heinz, H.E. Hopp. [18]

AUSTRALIA

• The University of Adelaide - D. Mares, K. Mrva. [19]

BRAZIL

• Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Trigo, EMBRAPA, Passo Fundo - C.N.A. de Sousa, L.J.A. Del Duca, A.L. Barcellos, E.M. Guarienti, L.M. Costamilan, M.S. Silva, P.L. Scheeren, O. Rodrigues, G.R. Cunha, R.S. Fontaneli, J. Almeida, N. Antoniazzi, R. Molin, F. Franco, S.R. Dotto, S.P. Brammer, D.S. Boscardin, G.R.C. Lamb. [20]

CROATIA

• BC Institute for Breeding and Production of Field Crops, Zagreb - S. Tomasovic, R. Mlinar, Z. Martinic-Jercic, S. Gasperov, I. Ikic. [24]

ESTONIA

• Estonian Agricultural University, Harku - O. Priilinn, T. Enno, H. Peusha. [27]

GERMANY

• Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben - A. Börner, U. Freytag, U. Sperling, K.F.M. Salem, E.K. Khlestkina. [28]

HUNGARY

• Agricultural Research Institute, Martonvásár, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
  • Department of Plant Breeding -M. Suzics, L. Láng, O. Veisz, I. Karsai, A. Juhász, M. Rakszegi, Gy. Vida, P. Szücs, Cs. Kuti, M. Megyeri, M. Gál. [31]
  • Department of Genetics - J. Sutka, G. Galiba, M. Molnár-Láng, G. Kocsy, G. Kovács, G. Linc, A. Vágújfalvi, E.D. Nagy, A.F. Bálint, B. Tóth, I. Molnár. [35]
  • Department of Cell Biology - B. Barnabás, L. Sági, I. Takács, É. Szakács, I. Timár, É. Darkó, F. Bakos. [36]
• Karsag Research Institute of Debrecen University - M. Fazekas, L. Balla, Gy. Chrappán, Á. Czimbalmas [37]

INDIA

• Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumba - S.G. Bhagwat, B.K. Das, N. Eswaran, A. Saini, N. Jawali, J.K. Sainis, S.A. Shouche, R. Rastogi. [39]
• Bharathiar University, Coimbatore - V.R.K. Reddy, K.M. Gothandam, G. Kalaiselvi. [41]
• Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut - P.K. Gupta, H.S. Balyan, S. Kumar, M. Prasad, J.K. Roy, N. Kumar, S. Sharma, P.L. Kulwal, S. Rustgi, R. Singh. [42]
• Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar - R. Singh, S.S. Karwasra, M.S. Beniwal. [46]
• Directorate of Wheat Research, Karnal - G.P. Singh, R. Chatrath, S. Nagarajan, J. Shoran, G. Singh, S.K. Singh. [47]
• Indian Agricultural Research Station, Wellington - M. Sivasamy, A.J. Prabakaran, K.A. Nayeem, R.N. Brahma, S.M.S. Tomar, M.K. Menon. [48]
• Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi - S.S. Singh, G.P. Singh, J.B. Sharma, N. Chand, D.N. Sharma, J.B. Singh, P.C. Pandey, M.R.S. Kaim, T. Mohaparta, K.P. Singh. [51]
• Sher-E-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Jammu - J.S. Bijral. [58]

ITALY

• Istituto Sperimentale per la Cerealicoltura, S. Angelo Lodigiano - G. Boggini, M. Perenzin, M. Corbellini, M. Cattaneo, S. Empilli, P. Vaccino, N.E. Pogna, L. Gazza, A. Brandolini. [59]

JAPAN

• Gifu University - N. Watanabe [61]
• Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), Tsukuba - H. Nakamura. [62]

MEXICO

• International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center - CIMMYT - R.L. Villareal, O.T. Bañuelos, S. Rajaram, A. Mujeeb-Kazi, R.M. Trethowan, J. Borja, M. Zaharieva, A. Cortés, V. Rosas, S. Cano, R. Delgado, K. Suenaga, H.M. William. [64]

PAKISTAN

• Regional Agricultural Research Institute, Bahawalpur - A.H. Tariq, S. Ahmad, M.A. Hussain, M. Ziaullah, L.H. Akhtar, S.Z. Siddiqi, A. Rashid, H.A. Saeed, M. Ahmad, G. Hussain, M. Aslam, M. Safdar, M.M. Akhtar, M. Rafiq, M. Arshad, M.S. Cheema, L. Ali. [79]

ROMANIA

• S.C.A. Agricultural Research Station, Turda - V. Moldovan, M. Moldovan, R. Kadar. [91]

RUSSIA

• Agricultural Research Institute of the Central Region of the Non-Chenozem Zone, Moscow - V.G. Kyzlasov [95]
• Agricultural Research Institute for South-East Regions, Saratov - A.E. Druzhin, A.V. Borozdina, S.N. Sibikeev, S.A. Voronina, V.A. Krupnov, A.Yu. Buyenkov, Yu.V. Lobachev, M.R. Abdryaev, O.V. Subkova. [97]
• Agricultural Research Institute for South-East Regions, Saratov, and the All-Russia Research Institute for Phytopathology, Moscow - I.F. Lapochkina, E.D. Kovalenko, A.I. Zhemchuzhina, T.M. Kolomietz, D.A. Solomatin. [99]
• Institute of Complex Analysis of Regional Problems, Khabarovsk - I.M. Shindin, E.N. Meshkova, O.V. Lokteva. [101]
• Omsk State Pedagogical University - N.A. Kuzmina. [104]
• Pryanishnikov All Russian Research Institute of Agriculture and Soil Science, Moscow - N.V. Poukhalskaya, A.I. Gurin. [106]
• Siberian Institute of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry - O.I. Grabelnych, S.P. Funderat, T.P. Pobezhimova, A.V. Kolesnichenko, V.K. Voinikov, N.I. Rekoslavskaya, R.K. Salyaev, V.M. Sumzova, T.V. Kopytina, A.M. Sobenin, G.B. Borovskii, A.Yu. Yakovlev, S.V. Vladimirova, A.K. Glyanko, N.V. Mironova, G.G. Vasilieva. [108]
• Vavilov Institute of General Genetics and the Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow - T.I. Odintsova, V.A. Pukhalskiy, Ts.A. Egorov, A.K. Musolyamov, S.P. Martynov, E.N. Bilinskaya. [124]
• N.I. Vavilov Research Institute of Plant Industry, St. Petersburg - S.P. Martynov, T.V. Dobrotvorskaya. [127]

SOUTH AFRICA

• Small Grain Institute, Bethlehem - J.C. Aucamp, D.J. Exley, H.A. Smit, W.H.P. Boshoff, T. van A. Bredenkamp, M.V. van Wyk, A.F. Malan, R. Prins, V.P. Ramburan, L.A. Boyd, Z.A. Pretorius, J.H. Louw, A. Barnard, W.M. Otto, C.W. Miles, K.B. Majola, M.L.T. Moloi, M.M. Radebe, N.E.M. Mtjale, C.N. Matla, M.M. Mofokeng, M.L. Dhlamini, N.M. Mtshali, L. Visser. [134]
• University of Stellenbosch - G.F. Marais, H.S. Roux, A.S. Marais, W.C. Botes. [139]

SPAIN

• Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Universidad de Lleida, and Junta de Extremadura - A. Delibes, I. López-Braña, M. J. Montes, C. González-Belinchón, J.A. Martín-Sánchez, E. Sin, C. Martínez, A. Michelena, J. del Moral, F. Pérez-Rojas, F. J. Espinal, M. Senero. [142]

TURKEY

• CIMMYT - Turkey and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Ankara - H.J. Braun, A.R. Hede, J. Nicol, B. Akin, M. Keser, N. Bolat, N. Colak, H. Ekiz, S. Taner, S. Ceri, F. Partigoc, L. Cetin, S. Albustan, F. E. Donmez, Dusunceli, S. Yazar, I. Ozseven, I. Ozturk, T. Yildirim, M. Mousaad, A. Yahyaoui. [145]

UKRAINE

• V Ya. Yurjev Plant Production Institute, Kharkov - R.V. Rozhkov, O.O. Kushchenko, Yu.G. Krasilovetz, N.V. Kouzmenko, A.E. Litvinov, V.A. Tzyganko, V.V. Sotnikov, T.M. Yevlanova, S.V. Rabinovich, V.P. Petrenkova, I.M. Chernyaeva, L.N. Chernobay. [150]

UNITED KINGDOM

• John Innes Centre, Norwich, Norfolk - R.M.D. Koebner, G. Xia, P. Nicholson, E. Chandler, N. Chapman, R. Draeger, D. Simpson, A. Steed, M. Thomsett, A. Wilson, R. Bradburne, A. Turner, L. Fish, J. Snape. [161]

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

COLORADO

• Colorado State University, Ft. Collins - S.Haley, J. Stromberger, B. Clifford, S. Clayschulte, T. Mulat, E. Ball, A. Brown, F. Pardina-Malbrán, M. Collins, J. Butler. [163]

GEORGIA / FLORIDA

• University of Georgia Experiment Station and the USDA-ARS, Griffin - J.W. Johnson, R.D. Barnett, B.M. Cunfer, G.D. Buntin. [166]

IDAHO

• University of Idaho, Moscow, and the Agricultural Experiment Station, Aberdeen - R. Zemetra, E. Souza, S. Guy, L. Robertson, B. Brown, N. Bosque-Pérez, J. Hansen, K. O'Brien, M. Guttieri, D. Schotzko, T. Koehler, L. Sorensen, J. Clayton, Z. Li, M. Rehman. [168]

INDIANA

• USDA-ARS and Purdue University, West Lafayette - J.M. Anderson, S.E. Cambron, C.C. Collier, C. Crane, S.B. Goodwin, A. Johnson, J.A. Nemacheck, S. Scofield, R.H. Ratcliffe, R.H. Shukle, C.E. Williams, H.W. Ohm, F.L. Patterson, H.C. Sharma, J. Uphaus, G. Buechley, D. Huber, G. Shaner, J.R. Xu, J. Stuart. [170]

KANSAS

• Kansas Agricultural Statistics, Topeka - E.J. Theissen, S. Hand, R. Sitzman. [177]
• Environmental Physics Group, Kansas State Unviersity, Manhattan - M.S. Liphadzi, M.B. Kirkha. [217]
• The Wheat Genetics Resource Center and the Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan - B.S. Gill, W.J. Raupp, B. Friebe, D.L. Wilson, G.M. Paulsen, J. Wang, L. Huang, S.A. Brooks. [218]
• U.S. Grain Marketing and Production Center, USDA-ARS, Manhattan - O.K. Chung, S.R. Bean, M. Tilley, G.L. Lookhart, F.E. Dowell, M.S. Ram, L.M. Seitz, M.E. Casada, J.B. Ohm, S.H. Park, B.W. Seabourn, M.S. Caley, E.B. Maghirang, J.D. Wilson, D.B. Bechtel, T.C. Pearson, F.H. Arthur, R.K. Lyne, D. L. Brabec, J.E. Throne, J.E. Baker, J.D. Hubbard, J.M. Downing. [224]

MINNESOTA

• USDA-ARS Cereal Rust Laboratory, St. Paul - D.L. Long, J.A. Kolmer, M.E. Hughes, L.A. Wanschur. [199]

MISSOURI

• University of Missouri, Columbia - A.L. McKendry, J.P. Gustafson, K. Ross, D.N. Tague, J.A. Tremain, R.L. Wright, S. Liu, Z. Abate, T. Chikmawati, X. Ma, A. Mahmoud, Miftahuddin, M. Rodriguez. [208]

NEBRASKA

• University of Nebraska, USDA-ARS, Lincoln - P.S. Baenziger, B. Beecher, D. Baltensperger, L. Nelson, I. Dweikat, M. Dickman, A. Mitra, T. Clemente, J. Watkins, R.A. Graybosch, R. French, D. Stenger, K. Vogel, C. Thompson, J. Jannink, K. Gill, M. Erayman, T. Campbell, H. Budak, Y. Mater, C.J. Peterson. [211]

NORTH DAKOTA

• USDA-ARS Cereal Crops Research Unit, Northern Crop Science Laboratory, Fargo - J.D. Faris, T. Friesen, S. Xu, J. Miller, D. Klindworth, L. Joppa, K. Haen, E. Doehler, H. Lu. [215]

OKLAHOMA

• Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater - B.F. Carver, E.G. Krenzer, A.K. Klatt, A.C. Guenzi. [218]

SOUTH DAKOTA

• South Dakota State University, Brookings - A.M.H. Ibrahim, S.A. Kalsbeck, R.S. Little, D. Gustafson, L. Hesler, W. Riedell, S. Osborne, L. Osborne, R. Gelderman. [220]

 

VIRGINIA

• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg - W.L. Rohrer, J.A. Wilson, C.A. Griffey, D. Nabati, J. Chen, T.H. Pridgen, E.G. Rucker, D.E. Brann. [223]

WASHINGTON

• USDA-ARS Wheat Genetics, Quality, Physiology and Disease Research Unit and Washington State University, Pullman - X. Chen, D.A. Wood, M.K. Moore, P. Ling, V. Pahalawatta, R.E. Allan, K.G. Campbell, T. Linscott, K. Walker-Simmons, E. Weir, D.Z. Skinner, K-H. Baek. [227]
• USDA-ARS Western Wheat Quality Laboratory, Pullman - C.F. Morris, A.D. Bettge, D.A. Engle, M.L. Baldridge, R.L. Engle, G.E. King, G.L. Jacobson, A.N. Masa, I. Eujayl, E.P. Fuerst, K.R. Gedye, C.C. Burke, J.F.Connett, W.J Kelley, M.J. Freston, P.K. Boyer, L. Nguyen, E.E. Galli, S.M. Finnie, C.A. Oliver, S.M. Leach, Y. Haruta. [234]
• Washington State University, Pullman - K. Kidwell, G. Shelton, V. DeMacon, M. McClendon, J. Baley, R. Higgonbotham. [235]

IV. CULTIVARS AND GERMPLASM [239]

• National Small Grains Germplasm Research Facility, Aberdeen, ID, USA.
• Wheat germ plasm evaluations - H.E. Bockelman, D.M. Wesenberg, C.A. Erickson, B.J. Goates, S. Nieto, A. Hang. [240]
• PI assignments in 2002
  • Triticum [242]
  • Secale and X Tritiosecale [245]

V. CATALOGUE OF GENE SYMBOLS FOR WHEAT, 2003 SUPPLEMENT [246]

VI. ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS VOLUME [283]

VII. ADDRESSES OF CONTRIBUTORS [286]

VIII. E-MAIL ADDRESSES OF SMALL GRAINS WORKERS [291]

IX. ANNUAL WHEAT NEWSLETTER FUND [299]

X. VOLUME 50 MANUSCRIPT GUIDELINES [300]